Claire Rudolf Murphy
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Language
English
Description
Martin and Bobby follows the lives and final days and words of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, showing how and where their work intersected and how their initially wary relationship evolved from challenging and testing each other to finally "arriving in the same place" as allies fighting poverty and racism. The stories of King and Kennedy reveal how life experiences affect a leader's ability to show empathy for all people. The book also...
Author
Language
English
Description
More than any other, one song traces America's history of patriotism and protest.
Everyone knows the words to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." What most don't realize is that this iconic song has been a beacon of change for hundreds of years. Generations of protesters and civil rights pioneers have created new lyrics, beginning in royalist Britain and continuing through conflicts in colonial times, the American Revolution, the suffragist and labor movements,...
3) Daughters of the Desert: Stories of Remarkable Women from Christian, Jewish and Muslim Traditions
Author
Language
English
Description
How would the most cherished stories of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam be different if women were the active central figures?
This ground-breaking collection of short stories brings to life the women-daring, brave, thoughtful, and wise-who played important and exciting roles in the early days of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Join Esther as she stands against injustice and her king to save her people, Aisha as she leads hundreds of men into terrifying...
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Series
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
44 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the end of the nineteenth century, Klondy and her mother travel from South Dakota to Alaska to live with Klondy's father, a gold-miner who left when she was just a baby. Based on events in the life of Klondy Nelson.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
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Women's Suffrage and Women's History Month Reads...
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Not allowed to go hiking with her father and brothers because she is a girl, Bessie learns about women's rights when she attends a suffrage rally led by Susan B. Anthony. Includes end notes on the real Bessie Keith Pond, the 1896 California suffrage campaign, Susan B. Anthony, and suffrage history.